The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-05-07
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


granted up to the 2Sth. Included in the
those Of General J.W. Denver and Cassius
NJ. Clay.
FIRE in Fosters Opera-House at Des
Moines, Ia, on the Goth, did S25, 900 dam
age.
THE death Of George NJ. Haggitris,
which occurred atthe Allegheny General
Hospital, Pitts burg Pa, on the 25th, adds
fourth victim to the Willis fire horror
The day was the one set for the dead
mans marriage. His affianced was by his
side to the last, when she gave way to
paroxysms of grief and is inconsolable.
A FIRE at Georgetown, Col, occurred at
one o'clock on the morning Of the 2Sth,
which destroyed the Fish and Hamil
blocks, including the Bank of Clear Creek
County, the Eagle clothing house.
Wright's confectionery, Wallings' grocery
and bakery, together with several small
buildings. Loss, $50, 0C0; insurance, light
AT meeting of wire nail manufacture
ers held at Pittsburgh on the 2Sth, per-
manent National association was formed,
with ID. G. Hartman, of Beaver Falls Pa,
as president, and G. D. Jones, of New
York, secretary. No change was made
in prices, but the list was modified some
what.
The city of Louisville, KY, was in a
state Of ferment all day and night on the
Goth, over the determination of mob to
lynch the two negroes, Patterson and
Turner, who committed the assault upon
Jennie Bowman, that will doubtless re-
suit in death. The police, aided by heavy
detachment of militia, had, up to latest
accounts, succeeded in holding the mob
at bay, but violent outbreak was i'm
minent.
THE Grant relics are now on public ex-
hibition at Washington.
IT is stated from Washington that all
the orders suspending the operation of
the long and short haul provision of the
Interstate Commerce law are to cease on
the same date.
CONGRESSMAN HEARD, of Missouri, who
has been seriously i'll in Washington, is
improving.
BISMARCK, on the Goth, ordered the re-
! lease of Schnaebeles, and the Emperor
| William signed the order.
| RUMoRs of martial law for Alsace-Lor
raine are again current in Berlin
DEBATE in committee stage on the Irish
| Grimes bill was begun in the British House
Of Cmmons on the Goth.
In the British House of Lords, on the
Goth, the question of substituting Pacific
ocean mail line from Vancouver's island
| was discussed.
| JAMES d. WEsTCoTT, eX-associate justice
of the Florida Supreme Court died at Tai
lahasse on the Goth. He was son of
| Florida's first United States Senator.
Mr.. AND Mrs. SYLVESTER BowsHER, of
| Kingman, Ind, have identified the two
boys who were recently killed by the cars
at Hagerstown, Ill, one being their son
and the other a cousin.
| Mr.. BLAINE and family arrived home
in Augusta, Me-, on the Goth. Mr.. Blaine
has nearly regained his usual health.
SEVENTY yachts have thus far been en-
tered in the Queens jubilee race, and the
number will probably be considerably IN
creased before the entries close on June Z
CONGRESSMAN RANDALL, who has beer
having hard tussle recently with his
old-time enomy, the govt, IS out again and
was among the callers at the White
House on the Goth.
JUDGE j. P. USHER, general attorney fol
Kansas Of the Missouri Pacific railway
has resigned and retired to private life
He is the sole survivor of President Lin
coins Cabinet, and is getting quite fee
Bile. A L. Williams, Of Topeka, is hi
| successor.
THE Missouri Pacific car and machine
shops have been located at Atchison by
Geneyal Manager Clarke They are to b.
built on the western limits Of the city, ant
1 .,,;11 No. ln, Oh - lA
Pacific system for Kansas.
MARKER RUSH, well known in Pitts
burgh, Pa, who was a few years ag
worth $780, died at the city poor farm
on the Goth of softening Of the brain
Rush was proprietor of the Rush Hous
in Pittsburgh for many years. and at on
time also owned the Point Breeze Hotel i
Philadelphia.
| TRANsCoNTINENTAL telegraph rates ar
being cut by a combination of the Postal
United Lines and Baltimore IL Ohio CON
panies.
CAPTAIN PATRICK DOYLE and eightee
men, part Of the crew Of the BIRTHS
steamer Bon Hope, were picked up on tn
Goth in Tvbee roads by pilot boat an
landed a. Savannah, Ga. Their vessel
bound from New York to Vera Cruz, wa
burned and the crew had to take to thei
boats.
ADvICEs were received at Rome fror
Massowah on the Goth of alarming in
port, and indicate disastrous ending {
the Abyssinian expedition unless assis
ance is rendered without delay. Tire
battalions of troops have been ordered I
embark Immediately to reinforce the e.
petition, and it is likely that further +,
Inducements will be dispatched within
short time.
THREE negroes were lynched near Pro-
tor, W. Va, on the 30th.
, TREASURER JoRDoN has returned I
Washington and has resumed his dutie
> JOHN GIBBS and Abe McCrea got into
fight at Rosebury station, Pa, on the 3)tl
> and both were fatally injured.
Miss ALICE COBB, daughter OF Alv
Cobb, twenty-four years of age, con
mitted suicide at Portland, Me, on Il
morning Of the Both, shooting herse
: through the heart.
WIN. DUFF HAYNIE, Of Illinois, has bee
appointed chief clerk to the First Assis
ant Postmaster-General vice Jas. |
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